Improvement in tea-kettles



JAMES w. WARD.

y l mprovement in Tea Kettles.4

No 124 462 Patented March 12, 187,2.

WHMEEEES A' a, MNETUQ UNITED STATES PATENT CEEIGE.

JAMES W. WARD, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J.BOONE MCLURE, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEA-KETTLES.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 124,462, dated March 12,1872; antedated February 24, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. WARD, of Wheeling, in the county of Ohioand State of West Virginia, have invented certain Improveements inTea-Kettles, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference thereon.

Figure lis a perpendicular sectional view through the center of thekettle, showing its spherical shape and the place ot' the attachment ofthe lid thereto. Fig. 2 is a like view, but further showing the positionof the lid when oft' the opening, the course of its move ment whilegoing ott', and the way it fits to and encircles the body of the kettlewhen so oft'.

My invention consists in making that part of a tea-kettle opposite thespout, and also the lid, spherical, or as near a sphere in shape aspractical, and in ttin g and adapting the parts so that the cover or lidshall swing upon and close to the side and rear of the kettle when it isturnedback or moved off its resting place on top of the kettle.

The transverse diameter G is as far above its seat F as the diameter ofthe lid may make necessary for the proper opening of the former, ashereinafter described. rIhe inside curvature of the lid B is made suchthat it will t to and encircle the outside curvature of the body of thekettle, When the lid is thrown off the opening C, and around the kettleby means of its attachment thereto, as hereinafter deing C it will iitto and encircle or embrace the body of the the kettle A, as representediu Fig. 2. To make the same I prepare Wooden or metal patterns, fromwhich to mold in sand and cast in metal the kettle. The same may be madeof tin b y the Well-known Ways of doing such Work.

A tea-kettle thus constructed not only gives a convenient movement ofthe lid, but its shape enables it to hold more water than any beforemade having the same base and diameter.

I do not claim as my invention a tea-kettle having a globular shaperound and about its center,-with a flat or depressed top; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The tea-kettle, herein described, with the part opposite the spoutspherical or nearly so, and the lid B of like shape, and so adapted toand fitted upon the kettle as that it shall, in swinging off or on,embrace the outside curvature thereof.

2. The lid B, arranged and constructed to lit to and encircle the kettleA when oft the opening O, substantially as and for the purpose hereinset forth.

Witnesses: JAMES W. WARD.

J. BOONE MGLURE, WM. J. MOORHEAD.

